NGC55 LRGB Ha Ver4 The Blue Whale galaxy

[PKay]

Hey Mike, I just keep around in circles, and I think I'm done :prey:

Hope this last attempt is OK and you don't jump behind the sofa!

And :thanx: for taking an interest, we need your critique and honesty.

https://www.astrobin.com/full/o8iz5z/E/

Oh, I think my image resembles a blue whale more than a string of pearls...

[Anth10]

Pkay,
Call it what you will, this is a nice result- should be both pleased and relieved.
Well done.
Anth

[Mickoid]

This is a great shot Pete, heaps of detail and lovely processing, top shelf stuff there. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Startrek]

Peter,
That’s a fine image of NGC55 , one of your best
Colour is spot on and you’ve exposed a lot of detail , and yes it does have a pinkish area with small stars from the core and along the arms ( hence the term String of Pearls )
Your background Star field is excellent and nice to see you have controlled some black clipping in earlier images
A big thumbs up
Well done !!!
M.

[strongmanmike]

Well Pete, Im really glad you have taken my input in the correct spirit, all honest feedback only, to try and help you critique your own work :thumbsup:....and voila! See? Much better. I am only looking at it on my crappy Samsung mob phone, I'll have a better look when I'm on desktop monitor but this looks to be much better indeed, good on you for persevering :thumbsup:

Great job

Mike

[Placidus]

Very fine. Great to see an interest in galactic H-alpha.

[multiweb]

That's the money shot. Well done :thumbsup:

[PKay]

Thanx Anth, yes it has been a long journey and have learnt heaps along the way.




Thanx Mick, great to get positive feedback. It's what keeps us going!



Thanx M and yes you were in my ear during the stretching phase!




:thumbsup: Mike for persevering with me. I can still do stuff like sharpening the small galaxies but time to move on.
I have a mountain of data to get through.
Incidentally, it was from a post of yours that had a small list of galaxies, I have been working my way through them.




Hi M & T and thanx for commenting. I can't wait to comment on your Ha version!




Thanx Marc, your feedback is always greatly valued.

[Retrograde]

Excellent image Peter.

Worth going through a couple of renditions for this result.

[Sunfish]

Excellent image Peter. Some dedicated imaging and processing there.
A high bar indeed.

[PKay]

Hi Pete.
All about learning new processing techniques and trying to take on board advice. And then look at what others have achieved and realise your barely in the ballpark!




Thanx Ray
Automation makes life a lot easier :)

[strongmanmike]

Yep, still looks much better, well done :thumbsup:

Mike